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[— SE SESED = Ldited by + Wilson Jeremiah Moses f Classical Black Nationalism 7L hIC- HI‘ *E r [ cAh SoGn .a Classical Black Nationalism From the American Revolution to Marcus Garvey Edited by Wilson Jeremiah Moses —l New York University Press | New York and London The following letters are used with the permission of the Board of Trustees of the New Bedford Free Public Library: Paul Cuffe to Peter Williams, August 30, 1816 Paul Cuffe to James Forten, January 8, 1817 James Forten to Paul Cuffe, January 25, 1817 New York University Press New York and London © 1996 by New York University All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Classical Black nationalism : from the American Revolution to Marcus Garvey / edited by Wilson Jeremiah Moses. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8147-5524-0 (cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 0-8147-5533-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Afro-Americans—History—Sources. 2. Black nationalism—United States—History—Sources. 3. Pan-Africanism—History—Sources. I. Moses, Wilson Jeremiah, 1942— E148.6.C62 1996 973'.0496073—dc20 95-44335 CIP New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America —— For my students —_ - ein” in Ri t “ a. ‘+ f ral oa ‘ a) aii r — Lp ah whs Alec. Blac Netrenat/ is ertrga & rev act b4e Saux Clana of forop vot a2 ’ We Ciens tft = > ra ‘ «| Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 One The Colonization and Emigration Controversy, Preclassical Period. 1. Notes on the State of Virginia (1781-82) 45 2. Letters to Peter Williams Jr. (1816) and James Forten (1817) 48 Paul Cuffe 3. Letter to Paul Cuffe (1817) 50 James Forten . Mutability of Human Affairs (1827) 53 5. The Ethiopian Manifesto (1829) 60 Robert Alexander Young 6. An Appeal in Four Articles (1830) 68 David Walker 7. Address at the African Masonic Hall (1833) 90 Two Classical Black Natwnalism, 1850-62 8. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (1852) 101 1 Martin R. Delany — 9. Obiter Dictum on the Dred Scott Case (1857) 125 RogBe. Trane y yi = Contents 10. A Vindication of the Capacity of the Negro Race for Self-Government and Civilized Progress (1857) 131 James T. Holly 1 African Civilization Society (1859) 135 Frederick Douglass | 12. Address at Cooper’s Institute (1860) 142 Henry Highland Garnet 13. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party (1861) 145 Martin R. Delany 14. The Progress of Civilization along the West Coast of Africa (1861) 169 Alexander Crummell 5: The Call of Providence to the Descendants of Africa in America (1862) 188 Edward Wilmot Blyden 16. Address on Colonization to a Deputation of Colored Men (1862) 209 Abraham Lincoln ie An Open Letter to the Colored People (1862) 215 DanielA . Payne Three Black Nationalist Revival, 1895-1925 18. The American Negro and His Fatherland (1895) 221 Henry McNeal Turner 19: The Conservation of Races (1897) 228 W. E. B. Du Bors 20. Address at Newport News (1919) 241 Marcus Garvey Index 251